...it further enacted, That 110 person appointed to any office instituted by thil act shall, directly or indirectly, be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce; 01 be owner, in whole or in part, of any sea vessel; or purchase, by himself or another in trust for...

...that no person should hold the office of Secretary of the Treasury who was " directly or indirectly concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce." The President, in a brief message, thereupon suggested to Congress that Mr. Stewart be exempted by...

...important provision, " that no person appointed to any office instituted by this Act shall directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce"; and any person so offending was declared guilty of a high misdemeanor, and was to forfeit to the United...

...military service of the United States. SEC. 6. That neither . . . the Commissary -General shall, directly or indirectly, be concerned or interested in carrying...be owner, in whole or in part, of any sea vessel; nor shall either of them purchase, by himself or other in trust for him, public lands or any other...

...this ' rr act, Prohibition pointed to any office instituted by this act, shall directly or is, sec. i. indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying...or commerce, or be owner in whole or in part of any sea-vessel, or purchase by himself, or another in trust for him, any public lands or other public property,...

...establishing the Department provided that no one appointed Secretary of the Treasury should " directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce."1 The President asked Congress to ex1 Stewart was willing to transfer his business during...

...of the Treasury, or First Comptroller, or First Auditor, or Treasurer, or Register, shall directly privilege, or immunity is claimed under the Constitution,...statute of, or commission held or authority exercised sea-vessel, or purchase by himself, or another in trust for him, any public lands or other public property,...

...of the Treasury, or First Comptroller, or First Auditor, or Treasurer, or Register, shall directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying...or commerce, or be owner in whole or in part of any sea-vessel, or purchase by himself,- or another in trust for him, any public lands or other public...

...instituted thereby, under penalty of $3000 and permanent disability to hold office under the United States, "purchase by himself, or another in trust for him, any public lands or other public property," or being "concerned in the purchase or disposal of any public securities of any State, or of the United...

...Treasury. The law, however, forbade the appointment to this office of any one who should "directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce, " and Stewart was disqualified. Adolph E. Borie of Philadelphia, whose qualifications were the possession...